starting issues, 2003 SS
 

as of this morning my monte has been starting a little rough. turn the key, acts as if it wants to start but coughs/sputters real bad and stalls. second start seems to do the trick, but rpm's rev way higher than normal before plaining out. any ideas? thanks in advance.

RE: starting issues, 2003 SS
 

yeah thatas one of the probs my car started this morning, wont stay runnin when i first crank it, then the rpms go insane then come back down and after a few restarts it will finally idle like its supposed to. anyone have any cures for this problem?

RE: starting issues, 2003 SS
 

mine did this one time... i was running some seafoam thru it and apparently didn't get it all thru... it did it once and only once. maybe water in your fuel?

RE: starting issues, 2003 SS
 

forgot to mention that its been getting down to 25-30 degrees at night.

RE: starting issues, 2003 SS
 

thats about waht it was here this morning, the first morning i've had the car on a morning that cold. i hope i don't jinx myself, but it started on one hit and ran smooth...

RE: starting issues, 2003 SS
 

update:
it continued to start real harsh last week thursday, and then took a dump on me. it kicked over when i left the house (again, didnt sound healthy), went to go fill up and upon trying to start it to pull away from the pump and go about my merry way, it started coughing at least twice as hard and it seemed as if the timing was WAY off. i had to put-put my way like 10 ft to a parking spot and rev the hell out of it. dumped some heet and two bottles of octane boost to see if the bitch wouldnt hold an idle by itself. bounced from 200-800rpm on idle and whenever it dropped down, i heard a pretty harsh clicking/grinding coming from the engine. i decided to try and make my way to the mechanic, succeeded with a lot of putting it in neutral at lights and revving to maintain idle (probably should have gotten a tow). anyways, the dude is lookin at it tomorrow morning. pretty messed up, just thought i'd share that with yall.

RE: starting issues, 2003 SS
 

turned out it was a bad fuel pressure regulator, that was all.

RE: starting issues, 2003 SS
 

glad to hear you got it fixed :)